At the desert edges of north Los Angeles County, where the August sun beats down with no mercy, men who live in tents or in cars near the recently shuttered homeless shelter cling to a few last, remaining hopes.
Bone-thin and dazed, Bruce Reed struggled to lift himself from his bed of dirt and rocks one recent afternoon. The 28-year-old hoped someone, anyone, would come by to refill a water bottle long gone dry.
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